MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.80,-95.05 Latitude: 31.80 Longitude: -95.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 92 SFC 997 114 25.8 20.9 74 5.0 22.3 183 10 299.2 302.0 295.6 345.1 15.74 2 950 540 20.6 19.9 96 0.7 20.1 188 18 298.1 300.9 295.1 343.4 15.61 3 900 1007 18.8 17.3 91 1.5 17.8 201 23 300.9 303.4 294.7 341.7 13.90 4 850 1498 17.1 12.2 73 4.9 13.9 205 20 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.5 10.55 5 800 2014 14.2 10.8 80 3.3 12.0 206 19 306.2 308.1 293.6 337.1 10.24 6 750 2557 11.4 7.0 74 4.4 8.8 212 21 309.0 310.6 293.0 334.7 8.41 7 700 3132 9.7 -6.2 32 15.9 2.1 219 23 313.2 313.9 290.0 324.2 3.44 8 650 3743 5.9 -8.4 35 14.2 -0.6 219 23 315.6 316.2 290.5 325.7 3.13 9 600 4391 0.7 -7.5 54 8.3 -3.0 214 23 317.0 317.7 291.3 328.7 3.61 10 550 5084 -4.1 -12.0 54 7.9 -7.3 221 24 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.3 2.77 11 500 5828 -9.0 -20.4 39 11.4 -12.6 230 29 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.2 1.51 12 450 6639 -12.7 -25.1 35 12.4 -16.0 241 33 327.3 327.5 292.0 331.3 1.11 13 400 7527 -18.4 -42.7 10 24.3 -22.1 240 38 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.22 14 350 8508 -26.2 -49.0 10 22.8 -28.6 248 45 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.13 15 300 9602 -35.1 -50.3 20 15.1 -36.3 248 50 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.13 16 250 10845 -45.0 -56.7 26 11.7 -45.5 250 50 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.07 17 200 12311 -51.7 -70.9 8 19.2 -52.1 261 60 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14122 -63.9 -77.2 15 13.3 -64.0 247 48 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16538 -73.4 -82.8 22 9.5 -73.4 259 36 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.13 m Freezing level: 592.50 mb = 4495.38 m = 14748.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.50 mb = 3610.41 m = 11845.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.08 mb = 741.90 m = 2434.01 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 12.85 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1115.98 m = 3661.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 22.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 724.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.83 mb = 809.62 m = 2656.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.83 mb = 3794.69 m = 12449.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.83 mb = 11513.27 m = 37772.73 ft B at Equ Level: 708.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.83 mb = 14289.79 m = 46881.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.3 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 244.3 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.4 neg: -8.2 tot: 69.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 42.08 Bulk Shear: 17.22 m/s